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| 'Trump is disgusting': skywriters leave message high above Rose Parade | 'Trump is disgusting': skywriters leave message high above Rose Parade |
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| Opponents of the Republican presidential frontrunner took to the skies over California on Friday, in order to leave their message: “Anybody but Trump.” | Opponents of the Republican presidential frontrunner took to the skies over California on Friday, in order to leave their message: “Anybody but Trump.” |
| Related: Carly Fiorina tweets support for alma mater's Rose Bowl opponent – Iowa | |
| The message appeared towards the end of the Rose Parade, an annual march through Pasadena, California that is celebrated each New Year’s Day. | The message appeared towards the end of the Rose Parade, an annual march through Pasadena, California that is celebrated each New Year’s Day. |
| Skywriters captured public attention with messages reading “America is great. Trump is disgusting” and “Iowans dump Trump”, dotted through a cloudless sky. Though Trump was notified of the skywriting through his Twitter account, as of Friday afternoon he had not responded. | Skywriters captured public attention with messages reading “America is great. Trump is disgusting” and “Iowans dump Trump”, dotted through a cloudless sky. Though Trump was notified of the skywriting through his Twitter account, as of Friday afternoon he had not responded. |
| Amazement from the crowd was apparent in social media posts. One video captured the remarks of an onlooker: “Oh my god, I love it so much”. Each year, about 700,000 people attend the parade. | Amazement from the crowd was apparent in social media posts. One video captured the remarks of an onlooker: “Oh my god, I love it so much”. Each year, about 700,000 people attend the parade. |
| Social media posts about the skywriting appear to have begun about 40 minutes after the last float started driving the roughly five and a half mile route. The Rose Parade ended a little after 1pm ET, according to the LA Times. The festivities are expected to continue as the Iowa Hawkeyes played the Stanford Cardinal in the college football Rose Bowl. | Social media posts about the skywriting appear to have begun about 40 minutes after the last float started driving the roughly five and a half mile route. The Rose Parade ended a little after 1pm ET, according to the LA Times. The festivities are expected to continue as the Iowa Hawkeyes played the Stanford Cardinal in the college football Rose Bowl. |
| "Iowans dump trump" pic.twitter.com/hSifV1BQM6 | |
| The Hawkeyes hail from the nation’s first caucus state, which is scheduled to vote on 1 February. Trump trails Texas senator Ted Cruz in most polls concerning the Republican presidential field in Iowa. | The Hawkeyes hail from the nation’s first caucus state, which is scheduled to vote on 1 February. Trump trails Texas senator Ted Cruz in most polls concerning the Republican presidential field in Iowa. |
| The anti-Trump messages did not represent the only politicking of the afternoon. After the parade, demonstrators produced a grinning papier-mâché float homage to the Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and rolled the likeness down Colorado Boulevard. | The anti-Trump messages did not represent the only politicking of the afternoon. After the parade, demonstrators produced a grinning papier-mâché float homage to the Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and rolled the likeness down Colorado Boulevard. |
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